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MASS SCHEDULE Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Morning: 8:00 a.m.
Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Masses
6:30 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (Mass in Polish)
Masses for Holy Days are as announced and published.
PARISH OFFICE HOURS 210 S. Wellwood Avenue , Lindenhurst
Monday- Friday: 9 am - 5 pm
EVENING OFFICE HOURS, AT THIS TIME, ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday – Friday following the 8:00 a.m. Mass. Saturday: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is always available by
making an appointment with one of our priests.
ADORATION OF THE
BLESSED SACRAMENT Monday Evening: after OLPH Novena Devotions
Wednesday: 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Sunday Nights: 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.
First Saturday: 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
PASTORAL STAFF Pastor: Rev. Msgr. Joseph DeGrocco
Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Msgr. Daniel S. Hamilton
Parochial Vicars: Rev. Moise Aime + Rev. Ignace Lolecke + Rev. John Sureau
In Residence: Rev. Michael Holzmann
Deacons: Deacon Frank A. Odin + Deacon William Crosby + Deacon Douglas G. Smith
Pastoral Associate for Administration: Deacon Donald A. Stamm
Director of Religious Education: Thomas J. Acemoglu
Music Director: James R. Kendall
High School Youth Minister: Brittany Evans Middle School Youth Minister: Peggy Harnisch
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church 210 South Wellwood Avenue + Lindenhurst, New York 11757 +
Telephone: 631-226-7725 + Fax: 631-225-9597 + www.olphlindenhurst.org
ASH
WEDNESDAY
LENT 2013
PARISH LENTEN
MISSION
Celebrating 50 years of Vatican II
Monday Nights
February 25, March 4,
March 11, and March 18th 7:45 P.M. + Church
Each night we’ll gather for Evening Prayer
and look at one of the Constitutions of the
Council and how we can carry out the work of the Church in our own lives.
Presenters include Sr. Mary Alice Piil, CSJ, Msgr. Joe, Tom Acemoglu,
and more!
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STATIONS
OF
THE CROSS
FRIDAYS OF
LENT
7:30 P.M.
What Am I Doing
for Lent? We are happy to provide
you with this valuable resource to guide you
through the days of Lent.
Copies are available at the
doors of the Church.
MUSIC
MINISTRY
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater Sunday February 24th
8:00 P.M. Originating from the Middle Ages, many compos-ers have set this text to music. The Italian compos-
er Giovanni Battista Pergolesi wrote his brilliant
setting only days before his death on March 17, 1736, at the age of 26. The text centers on the suf-
fering and death of Jesus as experienced by His
mother, and is sung by our
esteemed cantors Linda
Garrity and Kara Vertuc-
ci. Narratives and meditations
will be offered and key-board accompaniment will
by provided by James Kendall, OLPH Music Di-
rector.
FROM OUR PASTOR
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Ash Wednesday, 2013
Dear Parishioners and Welcome Visitors to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish,
GRACE, PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO YOU ON THIS SPECIAL DAY
WHICH BEGINS OUR HOLY SEASON OF LENT!
There really is something about Ash Wednesday, isn’t there? There’s something
that captures our mind and imagination about being marked with ashes. There’s
something about acknowledging with everyone else that we need a season of penance and renewal that
brings us strength. There’s something about today that makes us distinctively Christian!
Maybe what captures our hearts today is that it presents to us very starkly that with God, there is always the
possibility for newness and life and forgiveness. No matter who we are, or what we have done, or where we
are in life, God always invites us to be close to him and to return home to him. That invitation makes up the
very first words of the very first reading of the liturgy on Ash Wednesday, from the Book of the Prophet Jo-
el: “Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart.”
Whether you are with us on a regular basis, or whether you have come to OLPH on Ash Wednesday after
being away from the church for a long time, we wish to extend that same invitation to YOU. Please join us
for the liturgies and other events described in this bulletin. Allow Lent to be for you a time of either deepen-
ing or rediscovering how much God loves you and wants you to be close to Him. Allow Lent to be for you a
time of deepening or rediscovering how life-giving it is to be part of the community of the Church and our
parish family. There’s no time like right now to do this; as the second reading of the Ash Wednesday liturgy
tells us, “Now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish continues to be “on the move” as we progress forward with exciting new
directions and endeavors. As your still-somewhat-new-Pastor, sharing with you our first Lent together, I
want this Lent to be a spiritually-enriching experience for all of us. We have provided booklets around the
church, What Am I Doing for Lent This Year? Feel free to take one, free of charge; you may find it helpful in
your reflections.
We look forward to seeing you at Masses and Stations of the Cross; we look forward to greeting you in the
Sacrament of Penance, especially if it has been a long, long time since you have gone to Confession (we love
to welcome people back); we look forward to journeying through our Lenten days of prayer, fasting and
almsgiving together…and, of course, it’s not too early to begin to plan on joining in celebrating the liturgies
of the Sacred Triduum — Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday — with us!
May your Lenten season be a blessed one!
Sincerely,
Reverend Monsignor Joseph DeGrocco
FROM OUR BISHOP
Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
On February 13th, the Church will enter once again into the forty days of Lent. From Ash Wednesday until the Mass of
the Lord’s Supper, we will follow the ancient and more recent customs of our Church, journeying with Christ toward
Easter. In this Year of Faith, this Lent has an added urgency because the faith that sets us free is often ignored, ridi-
culed, denied and even attacked. Our response must always be to pray to God to give us the strength “to increase our
faith” and so become ever more faithful witnesses to God’s love and His presence in a world that is becoming ever
more indifferent to Him and His Son’s message of salvation.
The Bishops of the United States this past November issued an Exhortation on the Sacrament of Penance and Reconcili-
ation, God’s Gift of Forgiveness, which can be found at www.usccb.org as well as on our diocesan website,
www.drvc.org. It is brief and comes from our hearts. I make that message mine to you at the beginning of this Lent.
When the Risen Christ greets the apostles in the upper room saying Peace be with You, He gives them the extraordinary
command: Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them. As He did for them, He tells us bishops and priests to do for you
in His name. And that is exactly what is offered to each and every one of us in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconcil-
iation. The Church sees confession as so important that she requires that every Catholic go to Confession at least once
a year. It is important for us to hear this again today when too many have let the practice of Confession fall out of their
lives. In this Year of Faith and in this time, when Pope Benedict calls us to participate in a New Evangelization of our
lives, our Church and our society, he also tells us that The New Evangelization…begins in the confessional.
In our Diocese we have long had the grace-filled practice of dedicating the Monday of Holy Week to making priests
available in the confessionals of every parish from 3:00PM to 9:00PM. Our neighbors in Brooklyn and New York now
join us in this. Some years ago I wrote a letter to all of you on the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. I urged
our priests to offer the sacrament more often than Saturdays before the Vigil Mass and as frequently as the priest could
so that the sacrament would be more available for us all. I repeat that now with an urgent prayer to God that all of us,
the faithful of this Diocese, experience the healing and freeing merciful life of God through this supreme sacrament of
forgiveness and renewal of life.
Pope Benedict reminds us that faith and the Christian life is not a theory or a lofty idea, it is an encounter with a person
Who gives life a new horizon and a decisive dimension. This Lent I pray that, whatever our Lenten works of prayer and
fasting and works of charity are, they might be purified and made ever more beautiful from hearts cleansed by the grace
of God’s merciful love in the sacrament of forgiveness, His saving love poured forth into the world through the death
and resurrection of His Son.
Faithfully yours in Christ,
Bishop of Rockville Centre
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THE MEANING OF ASHES
Lent begins with ashes on our brows, re-
minding us of fundamental truths about ourselves. The dust of the ashes reminds us that death is in-
evitable for each of us. The ashes speak of repent-ance and of our need to convert our lives. The
words at the imposition of ashes call us to repent and to believe in the Gospel. The ashes speak of a fire that has grown cold, a fire that needs to be re-
kindled within us by the time we gather around the new fire at the Easter Vigil. We seek to rise
from the ashes of our sinfulness to
a fuller life with Christ.
But before we can embrace the new life of the resurrection, we must embrace the cross. Before
coming to the font of life-giving water, we must travel the desert.
To embrace new life, we must be willing to embrace death. To be-
come our true selves, we must slay the false selves behind which we have been hiding. Though it sounds negative, the dying to self to
which we are called is the only way to fullness of life, and thus it is a profoundly positive step in our
spiritual life, a step that begins with being signed with ashes.
COMMUNAL MEANING OF ASH
WEDNESDAY AND LENT
We make our Lenten journey through the
desert in the company of the catechumens and candidates preparing for the initiation sacraments
at Easter. This is the origin of Lent. What we have come to call Lent developed in
the fourth century, when three intersecting move-ments coalesced. The first was a paschal fast that gradually developed from two days into a forty-
day observance. The second was the pattern of initiation that gradually developed into a full cate-
chumenate with an intense period of spiritual for-mation leading to the sacraments at Easter. The
third was the order of penitents, which sought a second conversion for those who sinned seriously after baptism. Modeled on the catechumenate, this
process of the order of penitents culminated with reconciliation just before Easter.
Thus the forty-day fast was understood as the
final stage of preparation for those called to bap-tism and also as a time for reconversion for the
already-baptized. As the whole community ac-companied the elect and the penitents through this
season, it came to be seen as a time for baptismal renewal for all the members of the church.
In subsequent centuries, however, both the cat-echumenate and the order of penitents gradually disintegrated. Lent was still seen as a penitential
season, but the emphasis was on individual works of self-denial and on personal identification with
the passion and cross of Christ.
Lent was still a preparation for
Easter, but the baptismal focus was largely lost, and the commu-nal nature of conversion was ig-
nored. Prayer, fasting, and alms-giving were held up as Lenten ac-
tivities, but they became private rather than corporate. The liturgi-
cal reforms of the Second Vatican Council called for a recovery of the ancient tradi-tion of a communal understanding of Lent.
We are to journey through Lent together, then, as though we were all catechumens. We are to lis-
ten to the readings and pray the prayers as though we were approaching the waters of life for the first
time. We seek to understand and thus to enter into the experience of the elect, those called to enter into the paschal mystery of Christ Jesus though
the waters of the font. Thus we all prepare togeth-er to come to the water again, to be more deeply
converted to Christ and to renew our baptismal promises with conviction.
DON’T JUST “RECEIVE” ASHES
As a parish, we wish to highlight that ashes are never just received, but rather that being brand-
ed with ashes is a sign of a commitment we make.
The ashes are a sign that together we are all en-
rolled in the “order of penitents” and that we are committing ourselves to cooperate with God in
changing our life. Ashes should not be passively
received, but actively accepted as a challenge.
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PARISH SOCIAL MINISTRY
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
272 Wellwood Avenue, Lindenhurst, NY
631.225.5531 The office is open:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
9 A.M. —12 noon
Tuesdays - 6:00 P.M.—8:00 P.M.
Saturday, February 16—
10 A.M.—12 noon
St. Vincent de Paul is our parish’s primary way to reach
out to those in need in our local community. Our incredi-
ble volunteers do all they can to assist those in our local
community.
Sometimes when we are in need, we don’t feel comforta-
ble asking for help or seeking support. It is in these mo-
ments that our parish most wants to be here for you.
Food Pantry
Shopping List
Shelf Stable Milk
Evaporated Milk
Powdered Milk
Pancake Mix
Pancake Syrup
Jelly
Canned Fruits
Jello & Pudding
Canned Tuna
Canned Meats
Pasta Sauce
Cut out this list and bring it
with you when you go shopping!
Thank you and God bless you!
The poor have much to teach you. You have much to learn from them.
-St. Vincent de Paul
HELP IS NEEDED!!!! St. Vincent DePaul is ALWAYS in need of volunteers to assist the most vulnerable in
our community. Do you have a desire to live out the Gospel by caring for those most
in need in our local community?
Recognizing this great need, we are also looking to provide additional times of ser-
vice for those in our parish, including night time hours and additional weekend
hours. WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR HELP! For more information,
contact our St. Vincent DePaul office or Fr. John at 631.226.7725 or e-mail to [email protected]
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PARISH SOCIAL MINISTRY Special Needs Ministry
This vital ministry offers experiences for those with special needs and their families, including special Masses, various activities and opportunities to come together as a parish community.
Are you someone who cares for someone with special needs? Perhaps
you are a teacher, a therapist or counselor who dedicates their work to those with special needs. Perhaps you just have an “interest” in this type of work. Please take some time this week and think about being a
part of this important new ministry at OLPH!
Middle school and high school students, parents, teachers, adults,
seniors are all welcome. No experience or training required. All
that is needed is a desire to help all in our community know the
welcoming presence of Christ.
For information,
contact Fr. John at 631.226.7725 or e-
ma i l t o j su r [email protected].
SPECIAL NEEDS MASS
Saturday, March 2, 2013
4 P.M. Auditorium All Are
Welcome!
RESPECT LIFE
MINISTRY We are interested and committed to the protection
of the great gift of life (from conception to natural
death) which God gave us AND which he allows us
to be part of — creation. We attempt to educate
our fellow parishioners as to what urgent life-
affecting issues may arise – legislation, proposals,
etc. that affect the unborn, the poor, the elderly, the
marginalized and most vulnerable among us.
All that is needed is an INTEREST and commit-
ment to life. Just give your name in at the Rectory
and we’ll be in touch. Meetings are usually the first
Wednesday of each month.
For more information, contact the Parish Office at
631.226.7725.
We ask all parishioners to visit the website and
enroll at:
www.nyscatholic.org so all may be kept up to date re-garding important developments on
respect life and social justice issues.
By enrolling in this website, you will receive the latest information about important public policy
issues and specific (and easy) action steps you can take.
As disciples, we are obliged to engage in public policy issues and to bring the value and ideals of
the Gospel to the public square.
TAKE ACTION NOW!
ADULT FAITH FORMATION Over the next few months, our parish will be offering a number of Adult Faith Formation courses helping parishioners to learn about the major beliefs of our Church. Courses will be
offered in Liturgy, Old Testament, New Testament and more. Our first course is
Living the Christian Life:
INTRODUCTION TO MORALITY Here we’ll look into the Church’s teaching on major moral issues, the history of morality,
how we make decision as Catholics and more.
Instructor: Fr. John Sureau
Dates: Thursday, February 28th + Tuesday, March 5th + Thursday, March 14th
Thursday, March 21st + Tuesday, March 26th
Time: 7:45—9:45 P.M.
Place: TBA
To register, contact the Parish Office at 631.226.7725 or e-mail to [email protected] or fill out the form below...
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Last week, members of our parish community gathered together to begin the RCIA process at OLPH!
In the weeks ahead, you’ll meet and read about these committed young men and women who desire to be fully initiated and received into the life of the Catholic Church in the life of the Church.
We gather each Monday night at 7 P.M. in the Rectory Meeting Room. All parishioners are welcome to come, pray and learn with our parish’s candidates.
Follow the bulletin each week for more details about their journey.
And what about you or someone you love?
Do you want to be baptized and become
a member of the Catholic Church?
Now is the time to find out more information about the RCIA process.
Contact Fr. John ([email protected]/631.226.7725) or Deacon Doug (631.226.7725) for more info.
Sign me up for Introduction to Morality!
Name__________________________________________________________________________
Phone #________________________________________________________________________
E-mail ___________________________________________@____________________________
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STORM RELIEF @ OLPH
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DO YOU NEED FURNITURE? As you rebuild, a number of parishioners have
come forward to offer gently used furniture. For
more information, contact Tricia Buckley so she
can help to match you up!
If you have furniture in good condi-
tion that you would like to donate to
a family in need, please contact Mrs.
Tricia Buckley at 631.561.5790 or
e-mail to [email protected].
DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIR-
CUMSTANCES, bring furniture to Our Lady of Per-
petual Help.
WE ALSO NEED MOVERS! Are you able to
help by delivering furniture on Saturday or Sunday mornings? If so, contact Fr. John at jsur-
[email protected] or call 631.226.7725.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT
Catholic Charities continues to offer case manage-
ment services to those impacted by Superstorm Sandy. Meeting with a case manager can help
you to navigate the various systems you need to
interact with and provide important networking resources and referrals.
For more information, contact Catholic Charities
at 631.608.8882 or 8883 on weekdays between
9 A.M. and 5 P.M. or e-mail to
disastercasemanagement @catholiccharities.cc
or visit Catholic Charities offices at 147 Schleigel
Blvd. in Amityville, NY.
THANKS TO YOU! Over the past few weeks, we’ve received many wonderful thank you notes from parishioners. Really, they’re thanking YOU for your generosity of time, talent, and treasure! Here are a few….
We would like to thank you very much for
the generous OLPH Grant awarded to our
family. We used the funds to replace our
refrigerator that was lost due to the storm.
We feel blessed and fortunate to have the
help of our parish family, community and
our place of business. Everyone has pulled
together to help put our lives back togeth-
er. It has been a lot of work and a slow go
but we see the light at the end of the tun-
nel. God bless everyone!
I would like to take this time to thank you. My family and I were affected by “Sandy” and before Christmas I re-ceived a check in the mail from the OLPH grant. Words just can’t explain how grateful we are. It couldn’t have come at a better time. It is so nice to see that there are still caring and thought-ful people out there. Once again, thank you and thank you to all who donated.
Thanking you from our hearts...no words can
express the way we all feel with the generosity
given by our church...
Thank you so much for the grant for storm re-
lief and for all you have done for us during the
hurricane! We wouldn’t have gotten through
this without all of you!
For High School Students….
YOUTH FAITH IN ACTION (YFIA)
Have you been involved in the past?
Come back to something new and exciting! Have you ever thought about getting
involved in the past? NOW IS THE TIME!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
7:00 P.M. Mass -Following the Mass, we’ll break the Lenten Fast
with a light supper in the Youth Ministry Room.
All young people are welcome.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Dodgeball/Adoration Join us and young people from throughout our Diocese for a night
of prayer, praise and fun! Check our Facebook page for a permission slip.
Sunday, February 17, 2013 -Take the night off!
Sunday, February 24, 2013 -Peanut Butter and Jelly Gang All parishioners welcome!
Sundays—
March 3 and March 10, 2013 We’re helping with the Eighth Grade Confirma-
tion Retreat! After the 5 P.M. Mass on both Sundays we’ll con-
clude with dinner and Open Gym. All high school teens are welcome!
YOUTH MINISTRY @ OLPH
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GANG
MEMBERS
NEEDED!
The Peanut Butter
and Jelly Gang
SUNDAY,
February 24, 2013
6:00 P.M. All are invited to join members of youth
ministry and help us to help those most in
need. We’ll be making Peanut Butter and
Jelly sandwiches to be donated to local homeless shelters.
WE NEED TONS OF
PEANUT BUTTER, JELLY, BREAD,
PLASTIC BAGGIES AND
PLASTIC GLOVES.
All ages and families welcome to this
event hosted by our high school Youth
Ministry!
For more information and to find out
ways you can help, contact the Parish Office at 631.226.7725.
Help spread the word...and the peanut butter
and jelly!
YOUTH MINISTRY @ OLPH OLPH Boy Scout Troop 54
Scouting is a great way for young men in our par-ish to get together and help their community -
while also enjoying fun, outdoor activities. Meetings are held Mondays at 7:30 pm in the
school cafeteria. The troop is actively involved with the community and parish. We help out
with St. Vincent DePaul and also served the com-munity during hurricane
Sandy. Many of our
scouts are active with the
OLPH Service Corp. As a Boy Scout troop we
regularly camp and hike, go on an annual ski trip to Butternut, whitewater raft-
ing, kayaking and archery, and prepare our scouts for
Eagle.
For more information about Scouting at OLPH, contact Tom Duffy at 631 956-3202.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
YOUTH MINISTRY If you’re looking for something for your middle schooler to do, as part of their faith community, this is the group for you. Dates are always posted
on our website (www.olphym.com) and in the bulletin. Just come on down!
Everything from games,
food and parties, to ser-
vice projects and talking about our faith in a fun
way.
Upcoming Events...
Open Gym Friday, February 22nd
7:30—9 P.M
For Middle and High School Students and Young Adults… Do you want to help others in need in our local community? Would you be up for helping with pro-
jects right here in our own parish? If so—
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS Here’s how it works….
When a need for help comes in, we’ll contact everyone who has signed up for the Service Corps. If you can help with a particular project, great! If not, no problem. We’ll contact you next time.
If you’d like to join, fill out the form below or
contact Fr. John at 631.226.7725, x. 224 or e-
mail to [email protected].
Nearly sixty young people have stepped up for
the Service Corps...what about you? In the past
two months, members of the Service Corps
have helped with everything from Storm Relief to our Family Life Pumpkin Patch to helping to
sort gifts for those in need and assisting at our Storm Relief Christmas party.
YES!!! Sign me up for the
Youth Service Corps at OLPH!
Name__________________________________ Home Phone # ___________________________ Cell Phone #______________________________
E-mail ________________________@_________
Presently I am in (check one) ____Middle School
___High School ___College
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FAMILY LIFE MINISTRY
HAVE YOU SEEN THE
DEAD TREE IN CHURCH? Family Life invites all children to help bring our dead tree back to life on Easter
Sunday.
Lent is a time to do some-
thing that will help you to
grow closer to God. You may pray more, be more
helpful to others, or do chores
without complaining.
During each Sunday of Lent
pick a leaf from the basket. Follow the
task written on the leaf. The following
Sunday bring the leaf back to church and place a dogwood flower on the tree as a
symbol of the good deed you did during
the week.
As Lent progresses, the tree will blossom
as a reminder of the life Jesus gave us by dying on the cross and his resurrection on
Easter Sunday.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS for Families and Chil-dren
March 1st—4:15 P.M.
March 22nd—
4:15 P.M. Family Life invites
all children and their parents to participate in the Stations of the
Cross. Come join us as we walk the foot-
steps of Jesus to each Station and remem-
ber the things that happened to Jesus on
Good Friday because of His love for us. All
parishioners are welcome to participate.
If your child would like to be a reader and for
further information contact Debbie
McDonough @957-0765 or Chris Ferris @ 957-
2321 or email [email protected]
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What is Family Life Ministry? OLPH’s Family Life Ministry seeks to bring families of all shapes and sizes together for times of fellowship, prayer and learning. We meet approximately once a month and are
always looking for new members.
In the past, we have hosted and organized the
events below and more….
Christmas Pageant OLPH Pumpkin Patch
Living Rosary
Monthly Hospitality Breakfasts Summer Food and School Supply Drives
...and much more!
What about you? Would you like to join a wonderfully active group in our parish to help with these events and many more? How? It’s easy…
Contact Debbie McDonough at 957-0765 or email [email protected]
PARISH LIFE AND MINISTRY MINISTRY OF PRAISE
We come together each
Tuesday at 7:45 P.M. in the Convent Meeting
Room. Entrance is through the front door. (The Con-
vent is the building to the right of the school build-
ing.)
The evening begins with songs of Praise and Wor-
ship. After this some will, if so inclined, share some Scripture reading or some Christ-centered
event in their life. This is followed by prayer for individual needs. Deacon Frank then presents a
pastoral teaching related to Scripture or church life. The meeting closes about 9:30 P.M. with a song and then fellowship.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
EL MINISTERIO
HISPANO El grupo de Oración- “Jesús Es El Camino La Verdad y Vida” se reune todos los dias Jueves a las 7:00 P.M. en la cafeteria. Para información,
llamar a Irma Gonzalez a 631.241.5606.
Para más información sobre los sacramentos de el Bautizo y el Matrimonio y Servicio de Pastoral
Unción de los Enfermos y la Eucaristía, contacto Padre Juan Sureau – 631.226.7725, x. 224 - [email protected]
Para ofrendas de pan y vino en el atlar, favor
llamar a la oficina parroquial al 631.226.7725.
Los dias martes de cada semana llevamos el San-to Rosarioa los hogares a 7:30 P.M. Para infor-mación, llamar Virginia Constantinou a
631.957.1149.
El Miércoles de Ceniza El Miércoles de Ceniza es día de ayuno y absti-nencia, se realiza la imposicion de la ceniza a los
fieles que asisten a Misa. Da inicio a la “Cuaresma” (40 días de preparación para la Pas-cua), que comienza el Miércoles de Ceniza y ter-
mina el Domingo de Ramos.
Estas cenizas se elaboran a partir de la quema de los ramos del Domingo de Ramos del año anteri-
or, y son bendecidas y colocadas sobre la cabeza o la frente de los fieles, co-mo signo de la caduci-
dad de la condición hu-mana. Mientras lo hace
repite las palabras “Recuerda que polvo
eres y en polvo te has de convertir”. La ceniza representa la destrucción
de los errores del año anterior al ser éstos
quemados.
LEGION OF MARY
WEDNESDAYS
1:30 P.M.—3:00 P.M.
Convent Conference Room The Legion of Mary sees as its priority the spiritu-al and social welfare of each individual. The mem-
bers participate in the life of the parish through visitation of families, the sick, both in their homes
and in hospitals and through collaboration in eve-ry apostolic and missionary undertaking spon-sored by the parish. Every Legionary is required to
carry out a weekly apostolic work in the spirit of
faith and in union with Mary.
Here at OLPH, the Legion of Mary meets every
Wednesday at 1:30PM (until 3PM). We pray the
Rosary & other prayers, and report on the spiritual works we accomplished for the week.
We are looking to offer an evening meeting. If you’re interested, please leave a message for
Louise Perrotta in the Parish Office.
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR
BULLETIN ADVERTISERS! Did you know that the OLPH bulletin is printed free of charge each week? Not
only that, our parish receives a part of the advertising commission. So please
frequent the fine establishments that advertise in our bulletin!
If your business could use a shot in the arm, consider advertising in the bulle-
tin. Each week, nearly two thousand people attend Mass at OLPH, most of whom live and shop in the Lindenhurst area, receive or view our bulletin online. It’s an easy way to reach thousands of area families with information
about your business. For more information on how to advertise in our bulletin, call The Church Bulletin
Company at 631.249.4994.
PRE-CANA MINISTRY Our Pre-Cana Ministry work with couples prepar-ing for the Sacrament of Matrimony in the Catho-
lic Church
We are in need of married couples to help with
our program. Host couples meet with 3 or 4 en-
gaged couples in the Church at home for six weeks (including two Sunday Masses) during the Fall, Winter or Spring. We believe this program makes
an incredible difference in the lives of married couples—because they
tell us again and again!
If you’re interested in finding out more about Pre-Cana, contact Richard or Patricia Preziotti at
631.661.1977.
PARISH LIFE AND MINISTRY
PHOTOGRAPHERS NEEDED Are you good with a camera?
Do you enjoy taking pictures?
Do you know just the right shot to take?
Are you good at matting and framing
photos?
If your answer to any of these is YES—
contact Fr. John at 631.226.7725 or e-mail to [email protected]. We need you
and your talents!
We are in the process of forming a...
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE and can use your help!
We are looking for many people to be involved in the transformation of
www.olphlindenhurst.org, working to establish a Facebook page, Twitter account and more! If you have some experience in web design, websites,
web news, web whatever…we can use your help! Also, if you like to write, take pictures and video, etc. we can use your help too!
If you’re interested or want to find out more information, contact Laura Fischer at [email protected] or Father John at 631.226.7725/[email protected].
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PRAYING FOR AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER WE BELIEVE
The Lord is my light and my help; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; before whom shall
I shrink? - Psalm 27
We pray for the sick of our parish…
If a family member or close friend is ill, please let us know so our community can pray for them. To
have your name or the name of a loved one listed in our parish bulletin, please call the Parish Office.
As has been our practice, after the fourth week, the
name will be removed from the sick list in the bulletin.
If you wish to have your name or the name of a loved
one to remain in the bulletin, please contact the Parish
Office to let us know.
PRAYING FOR THE SICK AT MASS We pray for the sick by name during the
Universal Prayer at Mass. Any name requested to
be listed in the bulletin will be announced for the
first week only at Mass and will remain in the
bulletin for the following three weeks.
John Huff
Catherine Tamburino
Mary Doran
William Pugh
Janet Pugh
Andrew Pellicane
Joseph Gerbino
Anthony Cito
Luca Mazzili
Peggy Pannullo
Margaret Stangello
Charles Muller
Nettie Deasy
Meghan Sullivan Garrity
Kevin Curran
Charles Muller
Claire Cannon
Robert Gron
Bradley Hirst
Roman Reichert
Sarah Pellerito
Donna Borish
Mary Marotta
Fred Nuss
Denise Kaminsky
Joseph DiCecelia
Thomas O’Brien
Bob Little, Jr.
Eileen Quinn
Calvin Nostrom
Kevin Carenza
Regina Khezri Krystyna Wegrzynowska
Richard Brosan
Mildred Ippolito
Frances Tozzi
Dolores Otten
Tony Minni
Marilyn Santamaria
Myna Cuevas
Celeste Consigli
MaryAnn Catena
Carrie McDonald
IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS
Parish Office: 631.226.7725
Religious Education: 631.226.2384 St. Vincent de Paul (Parish Outreach) :
631.225.5531 Youth Ministry: 631.226.6239
Parish Website:
www.olphlindenhurst.org
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Baptism ceremonies are held on the second and fourth Sundays of the month. Parents wishing to
have a child baptized must attend a baptism prep-
aration session before the baptism; these sessions are held on the first and third Mondays of the
month excluding holidays. Contact the Parish Of-fice to begin the process of having your child bap-
tized.
PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICK
& ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Those who are seriously ill or facing surgery, as
well as those in danger of death, should receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. Please
call the Parish Office and ask for one of our priests.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS
Adults who wish to be baptized, or who have
been baptized in another Christian faith and wish to become Catholic, or who have been baptized
Catholic and wish to be confirmed and receive Holy Communion, are invited to join the process of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
Please contact Deacon Doug at the Parish Office to begin the process.
ADULT CONFIRMATION
Adults who have been baptized Catholic and who
have received Holy Communion but who still need the Sacrament of Confirmation should en-
roll in our Adult Confirmation Classes. Please contact Deacon Doug at the Parish Office.
THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Please contact the Parish Office at least SIX
MONTHS before the desired date of your wed-
ding.
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SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILATION Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Monday—Friday: Immediately after the 8:00 A.M. Mass
Saturdays: 4:00—5:00 P.M. Reconciliation is always available by contacting the Parish Office (631.226.7725).
Additional times for the sacrament will be offered during Holy Week.
Check the bulletin and website for more information.
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2013 OLPH Goal
$112,900
Pledges:
$27, 725.00
Number of Donors: 90
Amount Needed for
Goal: $85,175.00
Pledge: $__________ Down Payment: $__________ Balance: $__________
Parish:_______________________________________
Name: ________________________ ___
Address: ______________________
City, State, Zip: ____
Phone:___________________ E-mail ______________________@_________
Donor Signature: ___________________________________ Date _____________
Place in weekly collection basket, drop off at the Parish Office or
visit www.CatholicMinistriesAppeal.org to make your donation.
Make Checks Payable to: Catholic Ministries Appeal
DID YOU KNOW?
More than 500,000 meals are delivered or served to seniors and fami-lies in need through Catholic Charities.
More than 100,000 people are provided with food, clothing and support through Parish Outreach programs.
More than 10,000 young people participate in Parish Youth Ministry
programs across Long Island.
More than 110,000 of our students in public schools participate in reli-
gious education programs taught by 12,000 dedicated catechists.
All funds raised support the Appeal
and its Ministries.
You can make a difference in your parish and in the lives of those around us by making a gift to this year’s appeal. Visit the CMA Web
Site at www.CatholicMinistriesAppeal.org for more information, or to view the video.